• nifty@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Protests are important, but I also encourage and hope that young people who care about the world become lawyers and politicians

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      6 months ago

      Protests like these are often what politicians’ lives are built on. These students will be seen on the right side of history, and to have the conviction to be jailed for it? That would get my vote.

    • prole@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Most importantly, I hope they don’t sell out and become shameless capitalists like all the fucking hippies did.

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        6 months ago

        Nah not all the hippies did that, we just don’t hear about them because it’s not them in power. But some of them are!

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        The hippies were a tiny minority. They were called the counter culture for that reason. They never had a chance to make an effective larger change, because there just weren’t enough of them

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          Even as few as they were was enough to be a major factor in the creation of neo-conservativism in retaliation.

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          Also because their lifestyle wasn’t conducive to a long life…

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            My parents are in their 70s and 80s, as are their friends. The ones that overdid it with the drugs may have shortened their lifespan, but there were/are plenty of earthy/crunchy hippies that never even did more than smell weed. My mom and her friends were/are some of them

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      6 months ago

      do you know lawyers and politicians? I’ve known a lot in my professional career.

      They do not care about anyone but themselves.

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        6 months ago

        Some lawyers in particular do, but they aren’t the ones making tons of money.

        Most politicians also care, but most are local.